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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sogolon beg to borrow from Sassouma?
(a) A leaf.
(b) An egg.
(c) A branch.
(d) A berry.

2. What do the Malian people believe is the most definitive characteristic of the heavenly God?
(a) He is vengeful.
(b) He is mysterious.
(c) He is trustworthy.
(d) He is powerful.

3. What skill does Fassyky teach Sundiata to do?
(a) Swim.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Walk.
(d) Fish.

4. Who is Fran Kamara?
(a) Sundiata's griot.
(b) Sundiata's childhood friend.
(c) Sundiata's arch enemy.
(d) Sundiata's brother.

5. From whom do Sundiata's ancestors seek advise at the opening of the story?
(a) Krishna.
(b) Allah.
(c) God.
(d) Buddha.

6. How long does Sundiata wander in the desert before settling in Djedeba?
(a) Five years.
(b) Thirteen years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Nine years.

7. Who does Sogolon worry might kill Manding Bory?
(a) Fassyky.
(b) Sundiata.
(c) Sassouma.
(d) Dankaran.

8. What does the king give to his subjects in celebration for the birth of the new child?
(a) Food.
(b) Ammunition.
(c) Cigars.
(d) Wine.

9. Which of the following types of poems is the genre which "Sundiata" belongs to?
(a) Limmerick.
(b) Prose.
(c) Epic.
(d) Lyric.

10. Who is named heir to the throne once the king dies?
(a) Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate.
(b) Dankaran.
(c) Sundiata.
(d) Manding Bory.

11. How does Dankaran respond when Kanty demands rule of Mali?
(a) He declares war against Kanty and his men.
(b) He relinquishes the land to him.
(c) He barters away half the land, keeping the other half for himsel.
(d) He ignores Kanty's request.

12. What animal do the villagers attribute to the new baby?
(a) A gorilla.
(b) A lion.
(c) A gazelle.
(d) A flamingo.

13. Whose griot is Kouyaty?
(a) Sundiata's.
(b) Manding Bory's.
(c) Soumaoro Kanty's.
(d) Dankaran's.

14. Which of the following is the most important task for a griot to accomplish?
(a) To interpret.
(b) To judge.
(c) To predict.
(d) To remember.

15. In which African country does this story take place?
(a) Chad.
(b) Mali.
(c) Libya.
(d) Somalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many witches does Sassouma hire to kill Sundiata?

2. To what religion do Sundiata's ancestors belong?

3. What is the role of a griot?

4. Whose responsibility is it to track the history of African families?

5. What type of tree is Maghan Kon Fatta's favorite type of tree to rest under?

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